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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
the scandalous news that police officers had been taking bribes
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as in erroneous
causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name
spread a scandalous rumor about a coworker that almost cost him his job
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Recent Examples of scandalous
Tensions between the men escalated over Kincaid's scandalous story exposing the Kentucky congressman’s affair until the reporter fatally shot Taulbee, who bled out on the steps.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
What’s scandalous is that nobody can really know for sure whether that’s the case.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Comics also exposed a scandalous side to American society with scenes of free love, secret identities, and gender-play.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
The author, who studied law at the University of Chile, has also written the genre-bending book When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold, which examines the cases of four Chilean women who became notorious for their roles in scandalous murders in the 20th century.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
What’s scandalous is that nobody can really know for sure whether that’s the case.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Comics also exposed a scandalous side to American society with scenes of free love, secret identities, and gender-play.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
The author, who studied law at the University of Chile, has also written the genre-bending book When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold, which examines the cases of four Chilean women who became notorious for their roles in scandalous murders in the 20th century.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalous
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At least Gill thinks that coffee is disgusting too.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Between the lines: Republicans have argued vigorously that the apostrophe placed in the transcript is erroneous and that Biden was actually criticizing individual Trump voters.Andrew Solender, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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The billionaire responded to reports that he would not be invited to the U.K.’s investment summit with false claims about the release of prisoners in the country, following a trend of erroneous and inflammatory comments directed at the U.K. in recent months.Chloe Berger, Fortune Europe, 26 Sep. 2024
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George Kittle On the ugly game: Being able to deal with all of that and still come out with a win.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Poor Sue, who wins the challenge and has to wear that ugly bat signal around her neck.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Next she was wrenched the other way in a sickening, 180° roll, and one of the crew members tumbled down the almost-vertical deck and vanished in the sea.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was sickening about being there in person was watching the Trump fans around me and realizing that there was nothing shocking about it to them.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
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Newspapers also worried about potentially libelous posts.Mike Savino, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
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And finally, modern far-right terrorists still frequently invoke the same libelous assertion that white women must be protected from licentious Black men.TIME, TIME, 14 May 2024
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The couple’s happy news comes months after more shocking relationship reports.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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During the Halloween Nightmares episode last week, there was a shocking elimination after a fan-favorite couple went home despite winning their dance-off and receiving a high score.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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When faced with unfavorable reviews or feedback, there is always an opportunity to learn something and make your product or service even better.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In terms of favorability, 36 percent of respondents have a favorable view of Ayotte, 15 percent have a neutral view and 45 percent have an unfavorable view of the GOP candidate.Joanne Haner, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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Give Back To Maui After the horrible 2023 wildfires in Maui, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua reopened on October 8, 2023, and it’s been going strong and welcoming guests with open arms since then.Robin Raven, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is also a great matchup against a horrible Jaguars passing defense.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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